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Bob Kopp
Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy Postdoctoral Fellow

STEP, Woodrow Wilson School
405A Robertson Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Department of Geosciences
210 Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

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Publications

Peer-reviewed | Reports | In prep./review | Popular | Presentations

Peer-reviewed publications

D. Schumann, T. D. Raub, R. E. Kopp, J-L. Guerquin-Kern, T-D. Wu, I. Rouiller, A. V. Smirnov, S. K. Sears, U. Leucken, R. Hesse, J. L. Kirschvink, and H. Vali (2008). Gigantism in Unique Biogenic Magnetite at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 105: 17648-17653, doi:10.1073/pnas.0803634105. [Journal link]

J. L. Kirschvink and R. E. Kopp (2008). Palaeoproterozoic ice houses and the evolution of oxygen-mediating enzymes: the case for a late origin of photosystem II. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B 363, 2755-2765. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0024. [Journal link]

J. L. Kirschvink, R. E. Kopp, T. D. Raub, C. T. Baumgartner, and J. W. Holt (2008). Rapid, precise, and high-sensitivity acquisition of paleomagnetic and rock magnetic data: Development of a low-noise automatic sample changing system for superconducting rock magnetometers. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9, Q05Y01, doi:10.1029/2007GC001856. [Journal link]

R. E. Kopp and J. L. Kirschvink (2008). The identification and biogeochemical interpretation of fossil magnetotactic bacteria. Earth Sci. Rev. 86: 42-61. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.08.001 [Journal link]

R. E. Kopp, T. D. Raub, D. Schumann, H. Vali, A. V. Smirnov, and J. L. Kirschvink (2007). Magnetofossil Spike During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Ferromagnetic Resonance, Rock Magnetic, and Electron Microscopy Evidence from Ancora, New Jersey, USA. Paleoceanography 22: PA4103. doi:10.1029/2007PA001473 [Journal link]

A. C. Maloof, R. E. Kopp, J. P. Grotzinger, D. A. Fike, T. Bosak, H. Vali, P. M. Poussart, B. P. Weiss, and J. L. Kirschvink (2007). Sedimentary iron cycling and the origin and preservation of magnetization in platform carbonate muds, Andros Island, Bahamas. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 259: 581-598. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.021 [Journal link]

R. E. Kopp (2007). The identification and interpretation of microbial biogeomagnetism. Ph.D. Thesis. Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology. 190 pp.

R. E. Kopp, C. Z. Nash, A. Kobayashi, B. P. Weiss, D. A. Bazylinski, and J. L. Kirschvink (2006). Ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy for assessment of magnetic anisotropy and magnetostatic interactions: A case study of mutant magnetotactic bacteria. J. Geophys. Res. B 111, B12S25. doi:10.1029/2006JB004529 [Journal link]

M. Liang, H. Hartman, R. E. Kopp, J. L. Kirschvink, and Y. L. Yung (2006). Production of hydrogen peroxide in the atmosphere of a Snowball Earth and the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103: 18896-18899. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608839103 [Journal link]

R. E. Kopp, B. P. Weiss, A. C. Maloof, H. Vali, C. Z. Nash, and J. L. Kirschvink (2006). Chains, clumps, and strings: magnetofossil taphonomy with ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 247: 10-25. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.001 [Journal link]

A. Kobayashi, J. L. Kirschvink, C. Z. Nash, R. E. Kopp, D. A. Sauer, L. E. Bertani, W. F. Voorhout, and T. Taguchi (2006). Experimental observation of magnetosome chain collapse in magnetotactic bacteria: Sedimentological, paleontological, and evolutionary implications. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 245: 538-550. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.041 [Journal link]

Y. Suzuki, R. E. Kopp, et al (2006). Sclerite formation in the hydrothermal-vent "scaly-foot" gastropod -- possible control of iron sulfide biomineralization by the animal. Earth Planet. Sci. Let. 242: 39-50. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.029 [Journal link]

R. E. Kopp, J. L. Kirschvink, I. A, Hilburn, and C. Z. Nash (2005). The Paleoproterozoic Snowball Earth: A climate disaster triggered by the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102: 11131-11136. doi:10.1073/pnas.0504878102 [Journal link]

B. P. Weiss, S. S. Kim, J. L. Kirschvink, R. E. Kopp, M. Sankaran, A. Kobayashi, and A. Komeili (2004). Ferromagnetic resonance and low-temperature magnetic tests for biogenic magnetite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 224: 73-89. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.024 [Journal link]

B. P. Weiss, S. S. Kim, J. L. Kirschvink, R. E. Kopp, M. Sankaran, A. Kobayashi, and A. Komeili (2004). Magnetic tests for magnetosome chains in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101: 8281-4. doi:10.1073/pnas.0402292101 [Journal link]

R. E. Kopp and M. Humayun (2003). Kinetic model of carbonate dissolution in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 3247-3256. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01114-6 [Journal link]

Reports

K. L. Bice, A. G. Eil, B. Habib, P. L. Heijmans, R. E. Kopp, J. P. Nogues, F. L. Norcross, M. Sweitzer-Hamilton, A. Whitworth and D. L. Mauzerall (2009). Black Carbon: A Review and Policy Recommendations. Princeton, NJ: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

C. Katsman, J. Church, R. Kopp, D. Kroon, M. Oppenheimer, H.-P. Plag, S. Rahmstorf, J. Ridley, H. von Storch, D. Vaugh, and R. van der Wal (2008). High-end projection for local sea level rise along the Dutch coast in 2100 and 2200. In: Exploring high-end climate change scenarios for flood protection of the Netherlands: an international scientific assessment, P. Vellinga, C. A. Katsman, A. Sterl, and J. J. Beersma, eds. Wageningen, the Netherlands: KNMI and Wageningen UR (Alterra, Earth System Science and Climate Change Group). [published in Dutch]

Papers in preparation/in review

R. E. Kopp, D. Schumann, T. D. Raub, D. S. Powars, L. V. Godfrey, N. L. Swanson-Hysell, A. C. Maloof, and H. Vali. Transformation of the iron cycle on the U.S. mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Submitted for publication in Paleoceanography.

R. E. Kopp, F. J. Simons, A. C Maloof, and M. Oppenheimer. Global and Local Sea Level During the Last Interglacial: A Probabilistic Assessment. arXiv:0903.0752

Popular Publications

Geology reader for S. Darksyde and M. Sumner (2006). Kosmos: You are Here. YearlyKos.org. Electronic book.

Ghostwriter for J. L. Kirschvink (2006). Red Earth, White Earth, Green Earth, Black Earth. Engineering & Science No. 4: 10-20.

R. E. Kopp and J. L. Kirschvink (2004). The world's worst climate disaster. In: Miracle Planet II: The Evolution of Our World. Tokyo: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). [published in Japanese]

Selected Presentations and Abstracts

(Invited talks are indicated by an *)

R. E. Kopp, F. J. Simons, A. C. Maloof, D. Kroon, S. Jung, and M. Oppenheimer (2009). Hazard and Rates of Sea Level Rise: What can we learn from the Last Interglacial? Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions. Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2009.

R. E. Kopp, F. J. Simons, A. C. Maloof, and M. Oppenheimer (2008). Local and global sea level during the Last Interglacial: A Gaussian process approach. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2008.

* R. E. Kopp, D. Schumann, T. D. Raub, J. L. Kirschvink, and H. Vali (2008). Magnetotactic microbes and the transformation of the iron cycle under severe global warmining in the initial Eocene. 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cairns, Australia, August 2008.

R. E. Kopp and J. L. Kirschvink (2007). A scoring scheme for evaluating magnetofossil identifications. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2007.

S. M. Tikoo, R. E. Kopp, A. V. Smirnov, T. D. Raub, D. Schumann, H. Vali, and J. L. Kirschivnk (2007). Testing the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Magnetofossil Spike Hypothesis. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2007.

D. Schumann, T. D. Raub, R. E. Kopp, S. M. Tikoo, S. K. Sears, U. Leucken, I. Rouiller, A. V. Smirnov, J. L. Kirschvink, and H. Vali (2007). Possible Eukaryotic Magnetite in the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary Clay, Ancora, New Jersey. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2007.

R. E. Kopp, T. D. Raub, D. Schumann, H. Vali, A. V. Smirnov, and J. L. Kirschvink (2007). Magnetofossil spike during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Ferromagnetic resonance, rock magnetic, and electron microscopy evidence from the Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Paper 183-11, October 2007.

* R. E. Kopp, A. C. Maloof, B. P. Weiss, and J. L. Kirschvink (2006). Assessing the source of magnetization in sediments with rock magnetism and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Paper No. 164-6, October 2006.

A. C. Maloof, R. E. Kopp, J. P. Grotzinger, B. P. Weiss, H. Vali, and J. L. Kirschvink (2006). The origin and preservation of magnetization in platformal carbonate muds, Andros Island, Bahamas. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Paper No. 164-7, October 2006.

* R. E. Kopp, C. Z. Nash, B. P. Weiss, A. C. Maloof, A. Kobayashi, H. Vali, and J. L. Kirschvink (2006). Identifying magnetotactic bacteria and their fossils with ferromagnetic resonance. Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Abstract No. 206.00, August 2006.

* R. E. Kopp, C. Z. Nash, B. P. Weiss, A. C. Maloof, A. Kobayashi, H. Vali, and J. L. Kirschvink (2006). Identifying magnetotactic bacteria and their fossils with ferromagnetic resonance. Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Riverside, CA, April 2006.

R. E. Kopp, B. P. Weiss, J. L. Kirschvink, C. Z. Nash, and A. C. Maloof (2006). Fossil magnetotactic bacteria: an iron biosignature. Astrobiology Science Conference, Washington, DC, Astrobiology 6(1), Abstract 20, March 2006.

R. E. Kopp, J. L. Kirschvink, B. P. Weiss, and A. C. Maloof (2005). Identification of magnetosome chains by ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Eos Trans. AGU 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B24A-03, December 2005.

A. C. Maloof, J. P. Grotzinger, R. E. Kopp, B. P. Weiss, H. Vali, and J. L. Kirschvink (2005). On the origin of magnetization in platformal carbonate muds. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Eos Trans. AGU 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B24A-07, December 2005.

J. L. Kirschvink and R. E. Kopp (2005). A Paleoproterozoic origin of oxygenic photosynthesis as a trigger for the Makganyene Snowball Earth. Earth System Processes 2, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Paper No. 11-7, August 2005.

R. E. Kopp, J. L. Kirschvink, and B. P. Weiss (2005). Magnetofossils as a novel tracer of ancient microbial communities and environments. Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, April 2005

R. E. Kopp, C. Z. Nash, J. L. Kirschvink, and J. R. Leadbetter (2004). A possible magnetite/maghemite battery in the magnetotactic bacteria. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Eos Trans. AGU 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP34A-06, December 2004.

* R. E. Kopp, B. P. Weiss, S. S. Kim, and J. L. Kirschvink (2004). Ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy in the hunt for magnetofossils. Institute for Rock Magnetism Santa Fe 6, Santa Fe, NM, June 2004.

R. E. Kopp, C. Z. Nash, and J. L. Kirschvink (2004). Magnetosome batteries, magnetofossils, and the evolution of the planetary redox state. Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Pasadena, CA, February 2004.

* R. E. Kopp, J. L. Kirschvink, D. K. Newman, C. Z. Nash, and I. A. Hilburn (2003). Bacterial Bolsheviks: PS II and the evolution of the oxygenic revolution. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Eos Trans. AGU 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U52B-07, December 2003.

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